Critical Play: Games of Chance – Nick Hafer May 20, 2024 I played slots online at 247 Slots (https://www.247slots.org/) by 247 Games LLC on my web browser. The targeted audience is anyone who wants to…
Critical Play: Puzzles – Nick Hafer May 13, 2024 Superliminal is a first-person, single player (though now with multiplayer added) puzzle game created by Pillow Castle Games on Windows, macOS, Switch, PS4/5, and…
Sketchnote: Game Architecture – Nick Hafer May 8, 2024 One of my favorite games to play with friends or alone is Risk of Rain 2. It’s a 3rd person co-op rogue lite. One…
Critical Play: Mysteries – Nick Hafer May 6, 2024 Life is Strange is a single player third person adventure mystery game by Dontnod Entertainment and Deck Nine. It’s available on Steam for PC/Mac,…
Checkpoint 1: Concept Doc Individual Deliverables – Nick Hafer May 6, 2024 Moodboard: Spotify Playlist (whoops it’s 1hr 10) min long: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07JeDhgmeR50PLUnvqV7rc?si=78158dacc0ac46f4 Three Directions for our game (ex: sketches, types of fun, or narrative approaches :…
Checkpoint 0: Team Norms – Team 12 May 2, 2024 Team 12 Team Norms: Peter Ling, Diego Valdez Duran, Calvin Laughlin, Nick Hafer Good communication, be honest about what you need help with earlier…
Narrative Architecture Mindmap – Nick Hafer May 2, 2024 Evocative: Lego Indiana Jones / Star Wars / Batman Enacting: Hades Embedded: The Uncharted Series Emergent: Skyrim
Critical Play: Walking Simulators – Nick Hafer April 30, 2024 What Remains of Edith Finch [WRoEF] is a first person exploration narrative game created by Giant Sparrow. It’s offered on PC, PS4/5, Xbox, Switch,…
Social Mediation Game Final Deliverable – Dare to Bluff April 26, 2024 Dare to Bluff – Final Deliverable Created By: Caleb Liu, Nick Hafer, Rishi Agarwal Artist’s statement (~200 words of your intention for the game):…
Critical Play: Judging and Getting Vulnerable… – Nick Hafer April 22, 2024 Skribbl.io is a free online multiplayer web browser drawing/judging game developed by ticedev. The goal of the game is to guess the word of…
Sketchnote: Game Design Patterns for Building Friendships – Nick Hafer April 18, 2024 Loved this video (although a bit long)… i tried the challenge of using 3 black pens of diff sizes. I also think this is…
Critical Play: Competitive Analysis – Nick Hafer April 15, 2024 BS (Bullsh*t aka Doubt it aka Cheat) is a party game using a deck of 52 playing cards. The creator is unknown, but most…
Short Exercise: What do Prototypes Prototype? – Nick Hafer April 10, 2024 Right now we’re thinking of making a game similar to Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza but with the players names–sort of like an ice…
Critical Play: Social Deduction – Nick Hafer April 9, 2024 Krishnan said I could use Coup as my game of choice for this week. The game Coup targets people ages 14+ who have the ability…
Short Exercise: MDA & 8 Kinds of Fun – Nick Hafer April 8, 2024 Pick a game you love, and identify a set of mechanics that create a dynamic that makes a certain kind of fun for you…
Introduce Yourself – Nick Hafer April 3, 2024 Hi my name’s Nick (he/him). I don’t know that I have a favorite game of all time, but I really like playing Hearts (the…